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Table showing Particulars of Drifters — continued. 



Date and Position where set Adrift. 





Date and Position where Recovered. 



Mini- 

 mum 

 Dis- 

 tance 

 travel- 

 led in 

 Geog. 

 Miles. 



Time 

 between 

 setting 



away 

 and Re- 

 covery. 



Days. 



Numb e 

 pre- 



Date. 



Number 

 of 



Bottles. 



Position. 



No. 



Date. 



Position. 



viously 



Re- 

 covered 

 of same 



Lot. 



1897. 

 17 Jan. 





50 miles S.S.W. of Bres- 

 say Light, Shetland, 



628 



10 Nov. '97 



Ingoen, 7 miles from 

 Hammerfest, Nor- 

 way, 



900 



297 











629 



18 Feb. '98 



Godden, Finaas,60 km. 

 S. of Bergen, Nor- 

 way, 



190 



397 







10 



100 miles S.S.W. of 

 Bressay Light, 



630 



14 Sept. '97 



4 miles E. of Hirtshals 

 Light, Denmark, 



350 



240 











631 



15 ,, „ 



Komelsfjord, near 

 Ohristiansand, Nor- 

 way, 



290 



241 











632 



23 Nov. ,, 



Randoen, near Ohris- 

 tiansand, Norway, 



290 



310 











633 



5 Feb. '98 



Straaholmen Island, 

 near Kragero, S. 

 Norway, 



340 



385 





10 Feb. 



100 



4 miles E. of Isle of 

 May, Firth of Forth, 



634 



*27 April '97 



Got in a trawl net 6 

 miles E. of May, 



2 



76 





* This is the only bottle recovered of 100 put away on this occasion ; all were weighted to 

 go to the bottom. 



